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fourth Negro Infant17 Order-Cednxnbws After Fighting hiCity.

Houston. Texas. Auf. 21..Negroeotdlers of the 1 wsnty-fourth Infan¬

try who shot up the streets of Hous¬

ton last sight eere being entrainedtonight to be removed to «Kolumbus.H. M.

Capt. 1» 8. Beow, commsndlng thebattalion said late tonight that theaction of the negroes was ' practical¬ly mutiny."A scene probably unique n tbo an¬

nale of ths Halted States Army wus

enacted at Camp Logan during theafternoon when the «00 soldiers ofthe battalion of the Twenty-fourthnegro Infantry were disarmed.

Flanke* by a full battal on of theNineteenth Infantry under Col. Milird F. Walts anu three companies 01

Coast A/tlllery from F>rt Crock-itt, the negro soldiers wer* marched'>ur abreast to the parade grounds,rhere their arm« were stacked. Arno

then loaded the rlfks and am-

iltion and conveyed thorn to theip storehouse, where they were

under heavy guard,feurreurded by his men a 1th loaded

riles. Colonel Walts then addressedtap sSgl mi telling them tney wouldbe repaired to stay In camp andthat at die "une Urne the) would be

I from committing further

s TeutnHt General Union removedmisss of the restrictions of militarytear governing the city and county

the passage ol civilianscertain districts.

to a gr«at extentmade In in affidavit

hi the day by Leroy Plnkett.te at Company 1. Twent>

feaurth Infantry. James Bt\ ins. anoth-sf Insssbir of the same company, to¬day ga>ve a statement to the districtattornjny/w department.

feivens told of the holding up o(.re by the negroes and their.ipon entreaty of a negrothat they should not attack

surmy men, k

Ristey Young, anuthe* private 01

'Tompany I, attached tha major por-tlgh Of blame for outbreak on Se:-geantlHonry. saying the sergeant hadtereefJened to kill any man who didnet fdllew him.

Military officials, state and federal,tonight to discuss the sc-1 of the offense and tho pun-

fahmsat In store for the negro sol¬diers.

Announcement that Chmeral Parkerhad ordered the removal of negro sol¬diers of the Twenty-fourth Infantryfrom Houston to Columbus, N. M..served materially to restore a spiritof quiet hers tonight after a day ofunrest, fallowing the race rioting lastnight, which resulted In the death of17 persons and ths wounding of morethan a score. IComing as the climax to a serlea

of minor troubles betwen police offi¬cers and military officers guardingCamp Ix>gan, Houston'*) mobilisationsite for the Illinois division of theNational Guard. Thursday's outbreakcreated a reign of terror for manyhours. Of the lit negroes to leavetheir esmp Thursday with stolen ammunition for a raid upon the city, allbut eight were accounted for at uO'clock tonight The remaining fu¬gitives* STO expected to be ro* ided upearly tonight, scores of civilian andmilitary patrols being hi the fieldhunting for them.

MsJ. Gen. George Bell. Jr.. will ar¬rive tofuerow to take over charge ofthe situation from Gen. John A. Huben of the Texas National Guard, whowas appointed commander when thecity and county were placed undomartial law.

Indicative of the complete controlsow held by the white mlltary forcesla the announcement Issued tonightUna oonstruotlon work at Camp Lo¬gan. Interrupted during the day be¬cause of the rioting, would be resum¬ed Saturday morning.The trouble started about 9 p. m.

During ths day the negroes becameInflamed st the police of Houston be-cause of the shooting of a negrosergeant by a policeman. Mealingcompany ammunition, about 125 ofthe negroes solxed their rifles and leftthe camp, starting toward the cityand shooting Indiscriminately. Warn¬ing was immediately given and nolleofficerp sought to halt the mob, stirrendering their lives In vain efforts todrive the soldiers back.

Illinois guardsmen encamped a'Camp Logan soon arrived on tbscene, but only In time to throw a

cordon between the negroes and grrafcrowds of Houston citizens, whoarmed themselves and nuleklv gath¬ered to oppose the raiders. The m

gross then took to the open countrla flight, some returning to tamp,Where they wers placid under guard,end ethers hiding In the fields anddiu he* aloug the neurby roads.

Thirty-two guard* of armed citi¬zens aided the military foroee duringthe day In the search of the SanFelipe district for stragglers fromthe rioting negro band. As feet as a

negro soldier was found ho was tm-

mediately placed in custody of eitherthe civilian authorities or underguard at Camp Logan.Automobile patrols also traversed

the roads radiating from the city Inall directions In quest of fugitives. 4nseveral instances with successful re-

suits.While the armed forces devoted the

daylight - hours to this work, com¬

manding officers under General Hulenwere engaged in planning for theprotection of the camp through thecoming night.The additional force of approxi¬

mately 600 men from Fort 8am

Houston, detailed from the Nine-tenth Infantry, arrived during the af¬ternoon.

Karls- in the day a detachment ofcoast guard artillery from FortCrockett. Qalveston, arrived and re¬

lieved the Illinois guardsmen who hadbeen on patrol duty throughout thenight without rest, and these withthe fresh troops from Han Antonio,assumed fresh control during the af¬ternoon.

Sentinels placed on street cornersIn the business district during themorning were gradually withdrawnuntil only a few streets where racialtrouble might develop were und*/guard. Much of this sentry düty dur¬ing the early hours of th« day hadbeen left to Texas National Guards¬men, who lacking arms, were suppliedwith shotguns and rifles from thestocks of hardware stores.

Business In the city proceeded dur¬ing the day in accordance with or¬ders issued by General Hulen. Saloonswere closed and all clubs obliged toobserve the military order against thesale of liquor.At Camp Logan building activities

were at a standstill.Indignation over the outbreak was

particularly expressed because of thosavageness displayed by the negroestoward -the white police officers whowere slain and whose bodies In nearlyovery Instance had been hacked withbayonets. Among the Illinois guards¬men also much feeling was evidentbecause of the mutilation of Capt.Joseph Mattes, one of the lirst to beslain by the rioters.Because of this feeling General Hul¬

en at noon ordered the public mor¬gues in which the bodies were ho'i*to close their doors to all except im¬mediate relatives of the victims.

Funeral arrangements for the vic¬tims of the riot were made duringthe afternoon. The four police offi¬cers who died fighting will be given n

public funeral Sunday.Chief of Police Brook during the

day Issued a statement concerningthe cause of the riot in which he as¬serted that both he and LieutenantShekergaln of the Twenty-fourth In¬fantry, had conferred for two hoursIn the afternoon regarding the pos¬sibility of an outbreak and preven¬tive measures to bo taken. Neitherbelieved, however, the trouble wouldroach a crisis so quic kly.An affidavit before military au¬

thorities by Leroy Pinkett, private inCompany I of tho Twenty-fourth iteif-iment, which participated in the rioting, giving what he said was a com¬

plete story of the trouble was madethis afternoon. It is as follows:

"Yestcrdr v i *>out 3 p. m. wo heardthat Corporal Baltimore of our com¬

pany had been shot by special policeofficers (white officers who ridehorses). All the boys said, 'Let's goget the man who shot Baltimore.'

"It was getting late then and westood retreat at C o'clock. Then 1heard Sergeant Henry of our com¬

pany say: 'Weil, don't stand aroundlike that. If you're going to do any¬thing, go ahead and do it.'

"Af»er that I saw some of theboys slip over to Company K andheurd them say they had stolen theammunition. Cupbtaln Snow calledthem back In line. He ordered a

search made for the ammunition andalso ordered that our rifles be tftUfuup.

"Another sergecnt took up riflesfrom our tents, in this same talkCaptuln Snow told us that Baltimorewas not in the wrong, that the po¬liceman was I p. the wrong. I heardhim say that. A big fellow In our

company named Frank Johnson thencame running down toe companystreet, hollering.'< ;et your rides, boy.',.'We nil made a rush then for the sup¬ply camp and got our rides and wewent to a large ammunition box andgot our ammunition. Sergeant llenr>was the leader.

"Corporal Wheatley, CorporalHrown, Corporal Moore, Corpora.Snodgrass and Corporal Tlllmau andabout IM privates were In the crowdthat had gone and started off towardtown. I was in the crowd. I ha 1my gun and my ammunition. \Vdone some shooting us we left thecamp. I sho*. about flvi times. Idid not know a girl gol shot. \V.met an automobile with n wnito man

in It They stopped him und Ser¬geant Henry told the man to get oul

of his car, but ho did not get outund all the soldiers that were infront shot the man. I Judge thatabout GO shots were fired at him. 1was towards the buck and did notlire any shot here. Then we march¬ed on up the road and as I passedthe car I heard the white man inthe car groan. Then we met someofficers in a car coming from theFourth Ward and told them to leavethe car. We did not do any shootinghere. Then we met two men in a

buggy which looked like Mexicansbut we did not shoot them. Thenwe started to the graveyard on SacFelipe Street and right at the giave-yard they started shooting. SergeantHenry was in front and he yelled tooverbody to lie down. The all laydown but myself and two more fel¬lows, and we ran down a side street.As wo ran I heard shooting thatsounded like all of them were shoot¬ing together. I tried to get back tothe camp, but WM afraid and stayedin the woods all night and was ar¬rested this morning."

WILL BUY FOR ALL.

Allied Purchasing Commission HasBeen Created.

Washington, Aug. 24..Creation ofan allied purchasing commission com¬

prising three American officials tohandle all British. French and Rus-san government purchases in theUnited States was announced tonightby Secretary McAdoo. All the otherallies, the announcement said, are ex¬

pected to follow the example ofGreat Britain, France and Russia andput their purchases into the com¬

mission's hands.Members of the commission are

Bernard M. Baruch, Robert S. Lov-ett and Robert S. Brookings, allmembers of the war industries board.Mr. Baruch for some time has act¬ed as the unofficial purchasing agentof the allies.An agreement providing for th<

commission was negotiated with theallied representatives by SecretaryMcAdoo at the Instance of PresideniWilson and marks the first step o

the president towards carrying outhis announcement of policy of seeingthat the allies get their war supplle.^at the same price charged the Amer¬ican government.

This international price fixing program will be put into operation at-soon as possible. The American gov¬ernment will start with food andfuels, over both of which it has as¬

sumed control under acts recentlypassed by congress.

AVIATION CAMP NEEDED.

Quarters for Signal Corps Wanted in

South Carolina.Columbia, Aug. 25..An aviation

signal corps is to be trained at some

point in South Carolina» according toa telegram received today by Gov¬ernor Manning from Washington.Capt. C. G. Edgar, division signalcorps, wired Gov. Manning as fol¬lows:"Want quarters for one thousand

or more enlisted recruits, water, sew¬

erage, housing and field for close or¬der drilling. Please submit by wirelocation, description and availablebuilding."

It was also stated that possessionwould be needed until spring. Th<governor replied as follows: "NcState buildings available for contin¬uous use for six months. Can secure

quarters elsewhere in State if you s(

desire."Several places In the State are un¬

der consideration for the selectionof a training camp for the signalcorps.

DISSENSION IN RUSSIA.

Uihor Unions Call Strike in ProtestAgainst Moscow Conference.

Petrograd, Aug. 25..The laborunions are opposing the Moscow con¬

ference and have called a one-daystrike in protest. The Union leadersdeclare it "contrary to the revolution"and democratic organizations canno!participate. The social revolutionlst-also oppose it. Owing to so muchopposition the opera house where th»conference is to meet will be sur¬rounded by troops.

ENGLAND NOT RESPONSIBLE.

Lord Robert Cecil Comments on Ger¬man Statements.

London, Aug. 25..Commentingupon recent German statements thatKngland is responsible for the war.Lord Hobert Cecil minister of block¬ade, said if any person had slated toa public assemblage in (England tWlweeks before the war started thatEngland would be plunged into theconflict within a fortnight the speak*sr would have been regarded as a

dangerous lunatic.

HcgMrar of Graves.Washington, Aug. 25..The war

department has ordered a graves reg¬istration service to be organized. Itswork will be to locate and registerthe graves of Americans killed dur¬ing the war,

PUT OUT OF OFFICE.

Gov. Ferguson of Texas SuspcmlcrtWhen Board Presents to SenateArticles of Impeachment.

Austin, Texas, Aug. 24..James E. jFerguson was suspended from the of¬fice of Governor of Texas shortly af¬ter 9 o'clock tonight, when the boardof nine managers named by the houseof representatives presented to thesenate twenty-one articles y of im¬peachment, alleging official miscon¬duct.W. P. Kobby, Lieutenant Governor,

automatically succeeded to the gov¬ernorship, pending disposition of thecharges in the senate. The senateformally designated next Wednesdayas the time for beginning the trial.

REICIIMANN DENIES CHARGES.

DM Not Say Draft Ijuw Would CauseCivil War Nor That U-Boat WarWas Justified.

Washington, Aug. 24..Col. Carl T.Rclchmann, whose nomination asbrigadier general has been held up,specifically denied before a senatemilitary subcommittee today that hehfitf ever said the army draft lawwould be so unpopular as to causecivil war, or that German submarinevrrfare was Justified under interna¬tional law, or that American troopsshould not be sent to France.Regarding the charge that he had

defended German air raids on Eng¬land, and particularly one in whichschool children in a school house were

killed, Colonel Reichmann explainedthat in a discussion of the raids heasked his companion whether Eng¬land's raids on Zecbrugge, Belgium,were any more justified.The colonel said he believed from

both a military and personal stand¬point troops should be sent to

I France, and that neither his Germanparentage nor the residence of twosisters in Germany would affect hisservice should he be placed in chargeI of soldiers In the fighting section.The committee which is sitting in

executive session expects to call sev¬eral witnesses named by ColonelReichmann and Senator Poindexter aswell as several people who have writ¬ten letters to the committee regard¬ing the case.

'REMOVED FROM HOUSTON.

Negro Soldiers Left Today for New'

.

. Mexico Under Guard.Houston, Aug. 25..The. negro sol¬

diers of the Twenty-fourth infantrywho were responsible for the riotThursday, resulting in 17 deaths,started for Columbus, New Mexico,this morning under strong guard.Among them are 34 troopers who arecharged by the district attorney withmurder. Their departure appreciablyI lessened the tension. With the ar¬rival of Major Gen. Bell today tht,formal investigation is expected tostart. Affidavits of the participantsI agree that Sergeant Henry was thering leader. Henry was killed in theriot.The fate of the negroes who par¬

ticipated in tho riot is in the hand;of the miltary authorities, notwith¬standing the civil /charge of murderagainst thirty-four of them. Gen.Bell said today they would be court-martialed.

DRAFTING MARRIED MEN.

President Wilson Expresses the ViewThat Single Men should be Taken.Washington, Aug. 25..President

Wilson has written Secretary of WarHaker expressing the view that indrafting men who are the heads offamilies conditions should be careful¬ly examined and drafting avoided 11possible. He said single men shouldbe taken where possible.

RAILROAD AGREEMENT SIGNED,

Southeastern Railroads Will Pay Em¬ployers JI teller Wages.

Washington, Aug. 25..The finalagreement settling the wage con¬

troversy between twenty-six thou¬sand men and the Southeastern rail¬roads has been signed. The roadssay it will cost them eight milliondollars annually.

ADVISED TO EAT FISH.

Campaign to Increase Consumption ofSea Food.

Washington, Aug. 25..A campaignto increase the consumption of seafood to save meat was begun by thefood administration with the ap¬pointment of Keneth Fowler of NewYork to direct the movement. Thefish production of the South will begiven special attention.

CARDINAL HELLO BANISHED.

Patriarch of Lisbon Forbidden to Re¬side in City.

Lisbon. Aug. 25..Cardinal Hello,the patriarch of Lisbon, has beengiven five days notice to leave thechpltal by the Portuguese govern¬ment. He is forbidden to reside inthe city or suburbs lor a year, .

TO SAVE THE BABIES.

Red Cross Will Send a Group ofSpecialists to France.

Washington, Aug. 23..A group ofspecialists in ii fant welfare has beensent to France hy the American RedCross. At its \ead is Dr. William P.Lucas, professor of pediatrics in theUniversity of California, and origina¬tor of the "Save a Belgian Baby"movement.

Before the war the birthrate anddeathrate in France were so nearlyequal that publicists voiced their con

cern over the future ot the nationallife. Last year, however, with thedeath rate probably over 20 per 1,000,not counting deaths of men in mili¬tary service, the birth rate wa3 offi¬cially estimated at only 8 per 1,000.In New York State the birth rate is23 or 24 per 1,000, the death rateabout 14 per 1,000.The total deaths in France in 1916

were about 1,100,000. Births num¬bered only 312,000. The net loss inpopulation was 788,000, or ncarlj twoper cent, of the wholo. In Paris,where 48,917 babies were born in theyear ending August 1, 1914, only 26,-179 were born In the second year ofthe war, ending August 1, 1916.

"There is a crying need for effectivework among children," cables MajorGrayson M. P. Murphy, head of theAmerican Red Cross Commission nowin France. He reports that there isa great need for doctors and nursesfor work with mothers and children,and the Infant Welfare Unit will beprepared to give such immediate re¬lief as it can.With Dr. Lucas in the Unit, which

was financed by Mrs. William LowellPutnam of Boston, are Dr. J. IforrisSlemons, of the Yale Medical school,one of the best known of Americanobstetricans; Dr. Julius Parker Sedg-wick, physiological chemist, profes¬sor at the University of Minnesota;Dr. John C. Baldwin, specialist in dis¬eases of children; Dr. Clain F. Gel-ston, Dr. Lucas's assistant at theUniversity of California; Dr. N. O.Pearce, another specialist, and thefollowing experts in sociology andchild welfare work; Mrs. J. MorrisSlemons, Mrs. William P. Lucas, Mis.sElizabeth Asb~ and Miss RosamondGilder, daughter of the poet.These specialists will survey the

situation and study the work .alreadybeing done by the French, and willpractice without receiving compensa¬tion from patients. The task beforethe Red Cross, which will be carriedon by this and succeeding units, isnot only to cooperate with Frenchspecialists but also to carry on a

general educational campaign amongFrench mothers in the interest of bet¬ter prenatal hygiene and scientificfeeding and care of the babies. Spe¬cial efforts will be made to protectchildren from tubercular infection,which is particularly threateningFrance today as a result of trenchwarfare.

SAYS BRITAIN MUST FALL.

Defeat England at Any Cost, SaysKaiser.

Copenhagen, Aug. 2 4..Englandtho arch enemy of Germany, mustbe beaten down at whatever costEmperor William told his troopswhile on a visit to the. Flandersfront on Wednesday. An official state¬ment, issued in Berlin, says the em¬

peror addressed deputations from alldetachments that have had a share Inmeeting the British attacks. He saidhe felt impelled to express his thanksand his full recognition of the heroicgallantry shown by troops from allparts of Germany in the hard fight¬ing of the last week. The emperorreferred to the marked contrast be¬tween the German and Anglo-Frenchpoints of view and continued:

"It is in God's hands when in Hiswisdom He will give us victory. Hehas taught our army a hard lessonand now we are going to pass theexamination. With the old Germanconfidence in God we shall show whatwe can do. The greater and might¬ier the problem the more gladly weshall grapple with it and solve it. Woshall fight and conquer until the ene¬

my has had enough of these strug¬gles.

"All Germans have realized who isthe instigator of this war and who Isthe chief enemy.England. Everyoneknows England is our most spitefuladversary. She spreads the hatred ofGermany over the whole vsrorld, fill¬ing her allies with hatred r.nd eager¬ness to fight. Thus everyone athome knows what you know still bet¬ter, that England is particularly theenemy to be struck down, howeverdifficult it may be. Your relatives athome who, too. have made great sac¬

rifices, thank you through me."A difficult struggle lies ahead of

us. England, proud of her stubbornresistance, believes In her invincibil¬ity, but you will show that you canattain still greater things, for tlu>prize of the war is the German peo¬ple's freedom to live.freedom at sea

and freedom at home. With God'shelp we shall see the struggle throughand be victorious."

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HIGHER INSURANCE RATES.Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 23..increased

federal taxation made necessary on

account of war, higher cost of opera¬tion and unprecedented losses by fireare the causes given by the fire in¬surance companies of the UnitedStates for the recent advance Inrates on certain classes of propertywhich have not only proven notor¬iously unprofitable but have been di¬rectly responsible for widespread de¬struction and damage.Acc >rdii.g to insurance managers

the advance upon such classes willbe general throughout the UnitedStates. The official statement of theexecutive committee of the Southeast¬ern Underwriters' Association at At¬lanta states that the advance in theSouth will apply only to frame shingleroof dwellings, churches, schools andretail stocks. It is stated that thegreatest number of fires and con¬

flagrations in this section have result¬ed from this class of property. Inthe last year and a-half four confla-garations have resulted in insurancelosses of $20,000.000, including thegreat fires in Augusta, Ga., Nashville.Tenn., and Paris, Texas in March1916, and in Atlanta, Ga., May 21,1917. The official statement of theexecutive committee of the South¬eastern Underwriters' Association fol¬lows, in part:

"Notwithstanding that practicallyevery other enterprise has been in¬creasing prices for some time, fireinsurance companies are among thelast to make any advance. The pres¬ent increase * rates has been madenecessary in justice to policyholdersand to avoid the weakening of anyrequired reserves and surplus accountsat.a time when failure of fire in¬demnity and protection would be anational calamity. Insurance compa¬nies are willing to pay all necessaryfederal taxes, recognizing the war

time necessity. At the same time itis pointed out that in times of war

as well as peace, resources must beconserved and surplus and reservesmaintained for conflagrations andheavy losses that are constantly ac¬

cruing. Solvency -must be retainedin order to continue assistance toevery industry that is dependent up¬on tire insurance companies for pro¬tection."The advance is not expected to

offset the increased cost of operation.It will not yield upon the aggregatemore than five per cent. It wilK notbe confined to any state or city, butwill be effective throughout the Unit¬ed States. It is held by the compa¬nies that it would be unjust to off¬set heavy losses by placing an addi¬tional burden upon classes of proper¬ty not so hazardous. It has been thefinal decision to place the advancesupon classes which have caused them ijority of losses. The matter was

thoroughly discussed with officials ofthe local agents associations of thevarious states and their hearty coop¬eration was pledged.

'Sworn figures of the differentState insurance departments of theSouth show that companies in thelast five years have paid out in loss-e.r and expenses, $104 to every $100received in premiums. Circumstanceswhich have affected other lines ofbusiness, have made their impres¬sion upon fire insurance companies.State and national taxes have beengreatly increased. Differences in tax¬ation alone will represent more thantwice the average annual profits ofcompanies. Increased cost of sup¬plies and employment, advance inmaterial and labor to rebuild or re¬

place and large losses through en¬vironments due to war sympathy willcontinue to have their effects uponthe loss ratio of the country.

"Loyalty of lire insurance compa¬nies to the United States and the de¬sire to he of service in the presentcrisis are aptly proven by the factthat the government is now using a

vast army of trained insurance engi¬neers and experts to assist in the con¬

servation of food products and man-

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